Breakfast links: The investigation into Monday’s Metrorail crash continues
Metro rules out signal failure in Monday’s crash
Metro says it has ruled out a signal system failure as the cause of the Monday morning crash near Farragut West where the driver of one passenger-less Metrorail train going 11 mph collided with another passenger-less train stopped on the tracks. (Jordan Pascale / WAMU)
Montgomery unveils its new protected intersection
In Silver Spring Monday, the Montgomery County Department of Transportation debuted a reconfigured four-way stop protected intersection featuring curved islands designed to slow down drivers making turns and brightly painted green bike lanes. (Kate Masters / Bethesda Beat)
A motorcyclist has died following a crash in Manor Park
Maryland resident Oliver Romain, 28, died Wednesday after an SUV driver crashed into his motorcycle. The SUV driver had accelerated into the intersection of Kansas Avenue and Madison Street near Fort Slocum Park. (Andrew Giambrone / Curbed)
DC stores centuries of historical documents in a stable
Unlike Maryland and Virginia, which fund state archives to store, catalog, and make accessible historic records dating back centuries, indifference by the DC government has left millions of documents related to the history of DC to rot in a converted stable without appropriate climate control or space for researchers. (Post)
The Ballston BID debuts its new branding
The Ballston Business Improvement District began installing neighborhood signs with its new black, white, and orange branding along Fairfax Drive, Glebe Road, and near the Ballston Metro station. It also launched its new slogan: “Life is Full.” (Kalina Newman / ARLnow)
A senior affordable housing development is coming to Congress Heights
Developer Urban Atlantic filed plans for a three-story, 56- to 68-unit senior affordable housing project at the intersection of 14th Place and Savannah Place, about a half-mile from the Congress Heights Metro station. (Jon Banister / Bisnow)
Ten facts about Friendship Heights
Among the ten facts about Friendship Heights is how improved access to public transportation, first via the streetcar and later the Metro, led to the neighborhood’s inevitable growth and battles with NIMBYs. (Yasna Khademian / DCist)
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